SECTIONS 33200-33205 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 33200-33205

33200. Notwithstanding Sections 24300 and 24304, the board of
supervisors of any county may organize, pursuant to ordinance or
charter, the delivery of health and human services for which county
government is responsible under state law into departments that
provide human assistance, human services, and medical systems. Any
county board of supervisors which elects to so organize the delivery
of health and human services may consolidate, integrate, and separate
duties and functions of county offices, and organizational units
within departments, to the extent deemed necessary by the board of
supervisors, consistent with the provisions of this division.

33201. All personnel, including the heads of units, within
departments organized pursuant to this division and formed from units
formerly within the county health, mental health, or welfare
departments, shall possess the particular qualifications required by
the Health and Safety Code or the Welfare and Institutions Code or
the regulations enacted pursuant to either of those codes.
The county health department itself or the health related
functions of the departments organized pursuant to this division may
be under the direction of the health officer, or the board of
supervisors may appoint personnel who possess qualifications,
including standards of education and experience to assure competence,
appropriate for the direction of the health department or the local
administration of county health functions. The board of supervisors
shall ensure that the final determination regarding issues of
professional nursing practice shall be made by a person who is
licensed as a registered nurse and certified as a public health
nurse.

33202. If the county health department or the administration of
county health functions are not under the direction of the health
officer, the county board of supervisors shall ensure that the health
officer has sufficient authority and resources and the
organizational structure does not impede the health officer from
carrying out the duties required under Section 100575 of, Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 101000) of Part 3 of Division 101 of,
Article 1 (commencing with Section 101025) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of
Division 101 of, Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 123150) of Part 1
of Division 106 of, and Sections 123740 and 123745 of, the Health
and Safety Code.

33203. This chapter does not permit the occupant of a consolidated,
integrated, or separated office to practice any profession or trade
for the practice of which a license, permit, or registration is
required without a license, permit, or registration.

33204. This division shall not be construed to affect any other
statutory or regulatory provision governing county health, mental
health, or welfare programs, however reorganized or renamed, except
for the organizational requirements specified in Sections 33200 to
33202, inclusive.

33205. Nothing in this division is intended to change the fiscal
and reimbursement provisions for subaccounts for mental health,
health services, and social services enacted by Chapter 89 of the
Statutes of 1991.